Intravenous lidocaine infusion therapy and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in adolescents undergoing idiopathic scoliosis correction
A retrospective study
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed November 2024 by Dr Elizabeth Dalton
This was a single-centre retrospective study aimed at determining whether intravenous lignocaine infusion therapy during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion (PSIF) for adolescent idiopathic...
The association between intraoperative fluid management and perioperative allogenic blood transfusion during adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed December 2023 by Dr Frank Hsiao
Take home summary - This single centre study of 200 paediatric patients undergoing adolescent scoliosis surgery found that an increased volume of intraoperative crystalloid intake is an associated...
Scheduled methadone reduces overall opioid requirements after pediatric posterior spinal fusion
A single center retrospective case series
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed September 2022 by Dr Bojana Stepanovic
What? - A retrospective chart review of 94 patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis between 2015 and 2020 at the American Family Children’s Hospital,...
